Smoothie King® Opens New Corporate Store in Fort Lauderdale

Smoothie King® Opens New CorporateCorporate Store in Fort LauderdaleStore Unveils New Location and New Interior Design

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (January 8, 2015) -Smoothie King, the premier smoothie bar and nutritional lifestyle center in the industry, unveiled its latest South Florida store on Monday morning, January 5, 2015 with a grand opening event at its new Fort Lauderdale location. The new corporate store is located at 815 SE 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale and includes a new Smoothie King look and menu. In celebration of the event, free 12 ounce Angel Food smoothies and giveaways helped guests celebrate the new store throughout the day.

The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Jack Seiler, made a special appearance and participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony with the Smoothie King team. Guests learned about a new campaign Smoothie King is leading to help guests in Fort Lauderdale and across the nation stay on track with their healthy New Year’s resolutions. The Change a Meal Challenge encourages guests to replace one meal a day – throughout the year– with a highly nutritious smoothie.

Under its accelerated expansion plan, Smoothie King plans to open more than 1,000 stores across the United States over the next 3 years.

About Smoothie King Franchises Inc.

Smoothie King is the premier Smoothie Bar and Nutritional Lifestyle Center in the industry. Smoothie King offers guests the original nutritional fresh-blended smoothie and numerous other healthy retail products. Smoothie King opened its first location in 1973 in New Orleans, LA and started as the first franchised smoothie bar / health food store in the United States in 1989. Smoothie King currently has more than 700 units operating in 32 states, the Caymans and the Republic of Korea and Singapore. In 2013 Smoothie King was ranked #1 by Entrepreneur magazine in the juice bar category for the 19th year, and is ranked #104 overall on the magazine's top 500 franchise list.